Lehigh joins international consortium in commercial space research and innovation
A Life Fully Given: Professor Emeritus David Van Horn
Dan M. Frangopol to receive honorary doctorate from Luleå University of Technology
Lehigh researchers uncover unexpected motion in drug-delivery robots
One day, tiny swimming robots may travel through the human body to deliver drugs. The medication would target only areas of need—chemotherapy drugs for a tumor, for example—avoiding healthy tissue and minimizing side effects. A research team led by Ebru Demir, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics in Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, with collaborators On Shun Pak (Santa Clara University) and Roberto Zenit (Brown University), is studying how tiny robots move through bodily fluids. They recently published a paper in the journal Applied Physics Letters detailing new foundational insights.
Environmental engineering professor named United Nations faculty fellow
Frank E. Curtis awarded two federal grants to advance optimization research
Frank E. Curtis, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at Lehigh University, has been awarded two federal research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). These awards, totaling more than $675,000, will further support his pioneering work in mathematical optimization, algorithm design, and their applications to pressing challenges in science and engineering.
Lehman honored with 2026 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Faculty Achievement Award
Michael S. Lehman, professor of practice in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics and director of Lehigh University’s Technical Entrepreneurship (TE) program, received the 2026 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Faculty Achievement Award at the annual 2026 Innovate! Celebrate! event on April 28.
ISE faculty elected as a Director of the IISE Data Analytics and Information Systems Division
We are pleased to announce that Lehigh ISE Assistant Professor Meng Zhao has been elected as a Director of the Data Analytics and Information Systems Division (DAIS) of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) for 2026-2028.
Vermaak leads NSF DMREF workshop on materials for rotating detonation engines
Recently, MechE Prof. Natasha Vermaak led her team including Profs. L. Valdevit, D. Mumm, X. Shi, at UC Irvine and Prof. M. Taheri-Mousavi at Carnegie Mellon University to host a workshop by invitation only for over 35 leaders in industry, government labs, and academia working at the cutting edge of materials technologies for rotating detonation engines (RDEs) (Figure 1).